Yukari Quest III - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> Bend back down.
> Leave another fingerprint, pressing a little harder this time, and then stand back up.

[Hello Purvis]

> Bend back down.
> Leave another fingerprint, pressing a little harder this time, and then stand back up.

>You leave another one and observe it. There's really not much difference between the two.

>_

[日巫子]

> Leave an entire hand print while we're at it, something we can see right away.

[Hello Purvis]

> Leave an entire hand print while we're at it, something we can see right away.

>You do the best you can; your hands as a whole aren't quite that sweaty and grimy. But, you at least leave a mark that's easy to see.

>_

[日巫子]

> Enter the corridor farthest from where we came from.

[Hello Purvis]

> Enter the corridor farthest from where we came from.

>You enter the corridor furthest from where you came into this chamber. Surrounded by mirrors on all sides at a close distance, it is slightly disorienting for a moment.  The mirrors here are like all the rest you've seen, clean, unadorned and reflecting your image and every other reflection of that reaches it. While vanity is something you've not quite been able to avoid in your time, the constant reminders of your lovely if slightly mussed self are starting to become a little unwelcome.  Up ahead some yards, the path begins to gently curve toward your left, judging by how the reflections warp.

>_

[Yaersulf]

>Continue along the path, keeping an eye out for forks or other deviations.

[Hello Purvis]

>Continue along the path, keeping an eye out for forks or other deviations.

>You continue along the path, taking care to not misstep and slip on the mirrors. The corridor continues to curve gently to the left for some distance, until it opens into another chamber.
>You are not terribly surprised, as you reach the end of the corridor, to see that it opens to another room like the one you were just in. Three other corridors on the same wall, while mirrors like the other three walls, and every other available surface.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Check the mirrors on the floors. Is our handprint on any of them?

[Hello Purvis]

> Check the mirrors on the floors. Is our handprint on any of them?

>You glance around and find there is a handprint on one of there, right were you left it in the 'prior' room.

>_

[Yaersulf]

>Think about the path we just walked along, did we go in a circle?

[Hello Purvis]

>Think about the path we just walked along, did we go in a circle?

>You don't believe it was a circle. The curve was rather gentle; more of a half-circle, you think.

>_

[日巫子]

> Enter the middle-left corridor.

[Hello Purvis]

> Enter the middle-left corridor.

>You walk into the middle left corridor. It looks identical to the one that you have been in before, save that it curves to the left much sooner and more noticeably.

>_

[日巫子]

> Inspect the mirrors around the curve.
> If nothing interesting, keep going.

[Hello Purvis]

> Inspect the mirrors around the curve.
> If nothing interesting, keep going.

>As you reach the curve, you stop to inspect the mirrors.
>At a glance, each mirror is identical to the one that you touched to come here, made of highly polished silver. They are without ornamentation and are set panel by panel to make the walls, ceiling, and floor. You can't see any real space between them, and can't really tell if there is anything beyond them that they are attached to. Their surfaces are without blemish, casting back perfect reflections of yourself and the other mirrors. With just changes to the angle you look into one from, the pastiche of reflected reflections can change dramatically. As you examine the mirrors, you start to wonder if you can't make out other shapes with them...

>_

[日巫子]

> Take out our walking stick and hold it up to the mirrors.

[Hello Purvis]

> Take out our walking stick and hold it up to the mirrors.

>You take out and hold your stick up to the mirrors, and find that it is correctly reflected back at you. As well, you are becoming more certain that other shapes are within the mirrors' images, it can't be just a trick of the lack of light.

>_

[日巫子]

> Get closer to one of the mirrors and examine the other shapes.  Do any of them look familiar to us?

[Hello Purvis]

> Get closer to one of the mirrors and examine the other shapes.  Do any of them look familiar to us?

>You get closer to a mirror, and peer closely into it. As you do, the shapes start to become more clear. You can start to make out long thin shapes standing vertically, connected to a rectangular base.  Other such shapes stand further out, some set in rough lines, and others at random. As they become more clear, you are certain that what you are seeing are outlines of the tops of ruined buildings, in the place you were before.

>_

[日巫子]

> Press hand against one of the mirrors.

[Hello Purvis]

> Press hand against one of the mirrors.

>You press your hand against the mirror that you were examining, and find that you are met with the curious sensation of the cold metal resisting your touch, and the sensation there is nothing resisting it at all as your hand starts to pass through the surface.

>_

[O4rfish]

>Seems like many or all of the mirrors in the buildings connect through this space.

[Hello Purvis]

>Seems like many or all of the mirrors in the buildings connect through this space.

>That does seem plausible.

>_

[日巫子]

Hey guys, want to try smashing a mirror and see what happens?

[Kilgamayan]

If we become a deaf, dumb, and blind pinball wiizard, then definitely yes. But since that's not currently the case, I think I want to investigate a few mirrors first to see if they dump out into different areas. The looping thing is bizarre, but if each mirror connects somewhere different, then smashing one eliminates wherever it let as a possible destination.

[O4rfish]

Plus it may be difficult to smash a mirror without passing through it. You notice how all these buildings are sort of ruined and yet the mirrors are just fine.

[O4rfish]

>Cast Detect Magic.

[Hello Purvis]

>Cast Detect Magic.

>When did you ever get the idea that Yukari knew spells?

>_

[Yaersulf]

>Cautiously enter a mirror at random.